2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 13 - Corporations and Associations
Chapter 15 - Uniform Limited Liability Company Act
Subchapter I - General Provisions
§ 1112. Service of process

Universal Citation: V.I. Code tit. 13, § 1112 (2019)
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  • (a) An agent for service of process appointed by a limited liability company or a foreign limited liability company is an agent of the company for service of any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the company.

  • (b) If a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company fails to appoint or maintain an agent for service of process within the Virgin Islands or the agent for service of process cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the agent's address, the Lieutenant Governor shall be deemed an agent of the company upon whom process, notice, or demand may be served.

  • (c) Service of any process, notice, or demand on the Lieutenant Governor may be made by delivering to and leaving with the Lieutenant Governor, the Director of the Corporate and Tradename Division within the office of the Lieutenant Governor, or any clerk having charge of the limited liability companies within the office of the Lieutenant Governor, duplicate copies of the process, notice, or demand. If the process, notice, or demand is served within the office of the Lieutenant Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall forward one of the copies by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the company at its designated office. Service is effected under this subsection at the earliest of:

    • (1) the date the company receives the process, notice, or demand;

    • (2) the date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the company; or

    • (3) five days after its deposit in the mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.

  • (d) The office of the Lieutenant Governor shall keep a record of all processes, notices, and demands served pursuant to this section and record the time of and the action taken regarding the service.

  • (e) This section does not affect the right to serve process, notice, or demand in any manner otherwise provided by law.

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